Representative Thomas Taylor

Aired January 23, 2010
Representative Luciano ““Lucky”” Varela ( D - Santa Fe County), Chair of the Legislative Finance Committee and Deputy Chair of the House Appropriations and Finance Committee, and Representative Tom Taylor, ( R - San Juan County) Republican Floor Leader, New Mexico House of Representatives. Rep.Varela shares his fiscal expertise in addressing the state’’s budget crisis, and suggests ways we can balance income and expenditures to deal with our budget shortfall. Rep.Taylor discusses the opportunity the budget crisis represents for the state to evaluate the necessity of programs and prioritize its expenditures. Taylor provides an in-depth analysis of the oil and gas situation in San Juan County, and how that effects the rest of the state. Varela and Taylor provide clear insights into the problems New Mexico faces and give us behind-the-scenes information to use in watching this crucial 30-Day Legislative Session as it unfurls.

Stewart Udall

Aired April 2, 2010
In Memoriam Stewart Udall - Pt. 2 Part Two of an intimate interview taped with Stewart Udall in his home in August 2007. Some call Stewart Udall the Father of the Environmental Movement. In this show, Udall reflects on today's environmental movement and discusses his work on behalf of Navajo uranium miners and "downwinders." REPORT FROM SANTA FE offers this program in tribute to a great visionary American.

Udall served as Cabinet Secretary of the Interior under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, where his commitment to conservation and stewardship of public lands resulted in the Wilderness Act (which preserved almost ten million acres of federal land for posterity), the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, the Clear Air and Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Preservation Act, among many others.

Stewart Udall

Aired March 27, 2010
In Memoriam Stewart Udall - Pt. 1, in an intimate interview taped in his home, in August 2007. Some call Stewart Udall, the Father of the Environmental Movement. This show is part one of a two-part series, the second episode to air next week. REPORT FROM SANTA FE offers this program in tribute to a great visionary American.

Udall served as Cabinet Secretary of the Interior under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, where his commitment to conservation and stewardship of public lands resulted in the Wilderness Act (which preserved almost ten million acres of federal land for posterity), the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, the Clear Air and Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Preservation Act, among many others.

Stewart Udall

Aired March 29, 2009
Senator Tom Udall, (D-New Mexico) and his father Stewart Udall discuss energy issues and the Peak Oil Crisis. Stewart Udall was Cabinet Secretary for the Interior under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, and was a member of the US House of Representatives from Arizona. Our new Senator Tom Udall describes the difference between being in the House and the Senate, between serving under the old administration and the new, and his progress on getting renewable electricity standards passed in the Senate and his amendment to the big Economic Recovery Act that helps returning veterans find work.